Water-closet seat



1,628,830' May 17 1927 s. l.. EASTBURN WATER CLOSET SEAT Fuga June a.1925 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented May 17, l92 '7.'

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' "Application led 'June 8, 1925. Serial lo. $5,541.

` This invention relates to water closet seats of the type ada ted to beemployed in connection with a ults seats to accomodate children orinfants. In one formA of seatof 5 this type, as for instance in U. S.Letters Patent granted to me October 7, 1913, No. 1,07 4,701 a seat witha relatively small openingsuitahle for use by a child, is hinged to theusual adults seat so as'to be superposed thereon when it is to be usedby a child, and

there is hinged to thesuperposed seat, suitable side arms or guardsadapted to occupy an upri ht position and prevent .the child from fa g,and adapted to be folded down '15 on the seat when not inl use, the saidseat being covered by a lid hinged thereto and adapted when closed downto cover and house the folded guards or arms, `the said childs seat, itsside arms and lid when thus- :0 folded,I constituting a unit forming ineffect,

`and serving as, a l1d for the adults seat.

The present invention is directed to cer- ,tain improvements in seats ofthis form, de- -signed to provide a serviceable and cicient l5 structurewhich lwill be light, and will be compact in form when folded out ofuse, in

, which the parts will be strong and durable and connected togetherforrelative move-y ment in such manner as not to be liable to breakage enseparation, and which will be economical to manufacture and easy to keein a clean and sanitary condition. Wit

these and other objects in view the invention consists of thel improvedconstruction' and arrangement of parts-which will be described in detailin the specification to follow and the novel features of which will beset forth in the appended claims. i

In the accompanying drawings: 40 Fig. 1 isa perspective view Aof acloset seat embodying my invention, as it appears when 1n use; Fig.-2 isa vertical longitudinal sectional elevation through Vthe same. Fig. 3 isahorizontal section. `through the housing lid on the line ,3f-3 ofFig. 1. Y Fig. 4 is a plan view of the supplemental seat structureshowing the'parts folded when lower ends, and will under the action ofthe springs in raising the arms, travel upout of use.

Referring to the drawings:

-1 designates the upperI portion of a closet bowl, and 2 desi nates theusual seat therefor Lwhich is hinge at its rear to the bowl by the usualhinges 3, and is formedwith an a opening 4 of a size to adapt the seatfor 'use b y adult persons.

signates a sup lemental seat having an opening 6 of' re atively smallsize to adapt the same for use by.children, which v seat is'hmged at itsrear as at 7 preferably to the hingedsupport ofthe mam seat so that thesupplemental seatmay be raised Vand lowered independently of the mainseat, or they ma be raised, and lowered to ether, the supp emental seatwhen lowered ger use being superimposed on vthe mainseat as shown inFig. 2, and when raised out of use,

exposing the main seat so that it can be used.

8 designates a cover or lid for the supplemental seat .which ispivotally connect# a* its rear end, as by hinges 9, to the rear portionof the supplemental seat on a heizental transverse axis, and 10, 10designate two side arms or guards ivoted at their lower edges to theupper si e of the supplemental yseat on fore-andaft axes, as by means ofthe hinges 11, these arms coo erating with the llid in such manner,present y to be described,

that when they are in upright position they will serve asI side arms forthe seat and will prevent the child from falling or moving from thesame, and will ,maintain the cover or lid in an upright position toserve as a backrest for the child; and when Ifolded down the will coverthe hole in the seat and will e covered and housed by the lid. To enablethe side arms to thus co erate with the lid, these larms are provi ed attheir rear ends with in ers 12 which engage behnd curved gui es 13 onthe lid when the lid is in an upright position as shown in Figs. land 2,and by such enga ement will hold the lid in position. e side arms`areacted on by springs 15 which in the present instance-are incorporated inthe hinges 11 and tend constantly to swing the arms upwardly to activeposition. The arrangement of these parts is such that, as described in msaid patent above referred to, when the hd is raised from its foldedlowered position, the fingers 12 will automaticallyA engage behind theguides at their wardly along the guides as the arms swing outwardly andupwardly from their lowered position.

The presenptl invention is concerned more particularly with the specificform of the side arms or guards V10 and with the specic form of'the lidto enable it to housesaid arms when the parts are folded down out. ofuse, and with the manner of mounting the guides 13 on the lid, whichfeatures and details will now be described. Q

On reference to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be seen that the side arms are cutout at their rear ends on. inwardly curved lines 16 thereby forming?rearward extensions 17 on the arms, to the'rear ends of which thefingers 12 are fastened. .This form of the arms provides a light andopen structure which adds to the neatness and compactness of thestructure as a whole, and makes it sanitary in that the parts of theseat are more readily accessible for cleansing. To house the arms whenthe latter are folded down as shown in Fig. et, the lid is recessed asat 18, whichfrecess however is confined to the outer portion of the lidthereby leaving the inner portion 19 intact 4and of relativelygreaterthickness than the recessed portion, so that increased thicknessof material at the inner end of the lid is left for the attachment ofthe hinges 9. As best shown in Fig. 1 the recess in the lid extends atits outer-end along and inward of the upper edge ofthe lid and followsthe contour thereof, thereby forming a curved edge 'flange 20. From theends of this flange the sides of the recess follow straight lines 21,and from the ends of these lines the inner end of the recesscis formedby twocurved lines 22 which extend inwardly towards cach other therebyforming curved ledges at the inner end of the recess.

two arms are folded down as shown in Fig.

4, the outer ends of the same will bereceived within the curved iange 20on the lid, the

.straight outer sides of the folded' arms will engagin a keeper on theseat.

wil be noted on reference more particularly to Figs. 1 and 4, that thecutting away of the inner ends ofthe side arms, and the form of therecess in the lid jat the inner end'of said recess, are peculiarl .re-

latedto each other in the housing o the side arms within said recesswhen the lid is folded down, since in the folded position,

the inner end of the recess conforms tothe From 'the forev, going itwill be understood that when the .the ledges 19 of the lid, and havingtheir outer edges projecting outwardly beyond the surface of the ledgesand thus constituting the guides proper, the fingers 13 on the rear endsof the arms overhanglng the outerV edges of the plates and 'engagingbehind the same.

At thelr outer endsi the guide plates are bent back or offset as at 25,see Fig. 3, so that while the fingers will/have ample freedom ofmovement between the reariface of the',

guide plates and bottom-of the recess as the plates are swung upwardly,they will be confined more closely between these surfaces when theyreach their u 'ght positions, so that the lid will be held 'iiimly bythe fingers and without looseness when in an upright position.

` It will be understood.' that the supplemental seat with its cover, is,as described in my said patent above 'referred to, designed to besubstituted for the cover usually provided with` the main seat, althoughit will be realized that the novel features` above described are capableof use without regard to the main seat, as for instance where the bowlis equipped only with a seat for children? The.sdearms are provided inAtheir front ends similarly to the side arms in my said patent, withrecesses 26, in which a tray 27 is supported' and detachably held whenthe arms are in an upright active position, which tray serves as anadditlonal means for preventing the child from falling from the seat.

Having thus described my I claim is:

1. In a closet seat structure, the combination of a seat, side armshinged thereto to fold down on the seat when not in use, said arms beingcut out at their rear ends and forming .rearward extensions thereon, alid invention, what hinged to the seat and adapted to be en- 2.l In acloset seat structure, the combination'of a seat, sidearmshinged theretoto fold down on the seat'when not in use, a' lid hinged to the seat andprovided with a recess adapted to receive and house the side armsfwhenfolded down thereon, ledges 'at the .end of the recess, 'and guideplates sustained by and projecting from said ledgesV and adapted to beengaged by the inner ends of the side arms. f

3. In a closet seat structure, the combina.-

tion of a. seat, side arms hinged thereto to fold down on the seat `whennot'in use, a lid hinged to the seat and formed with a recess adapted toreceive and house the side arms when folded down thereon, ledges at theend of the recess, guide plates sustained by and projecting from saidledges and spaced from the bottom of the recess, and fingers on the rearends of the arms adapted to engage 10 behind the guide plates, saldguide plates being offset at then' outer ends toward the bottom of therecess so as to more 'closely confine said fingers at that ont. A

In testimony whereof I ave affixed my 15 signature hereto.

SAMUEL LEASTB'URN.

